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After defeating Sri Lanka 3-0 in the T20 series, Team India will play the first match of the ODI series today. The match will be played at 2:30 pm at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The Sri Lankan team will play without its 4 key fast bowlers including injured Mathish Pathirana.
India will be without 6 players from the T20 team, they will be replaced by players like captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Kuldeep Yadav. Both Rohit and Virat will play their first ODI after their defeat against Australia in the ODI World Cup final.
On the other hand, Rishabh Pant will be seen playing the first ODI in November 2022. In such a situation, the big question is whether he will be included in the playing-11 or not? Because KL Rahul has been established as the first choice wicketkeeper in the ODI team.
First match details
india vs sri lanka
1st ODI
When: August 2, 2:30 pm onwards
Where: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Chance to win 100th victory over Sri Lanka
Today, India has a chance to register its 100th ODI win over Sri Lanka. 168 ODIs were played between the two, India won 99 and Sri Lanka won 57. During this period, 1 ODI was tied and 11 were inconclusive. Since 2014, India has defeated Sri Lanka in 21 out of 25 ODIs. Sri Lanka could win only 4.
In the last 2 ODIs, India’s Mohammad Siraj and fast bowlers overpowered the entire Sri Lankan team. Siraj took 6 wickets in the Asia Cup final and 3 wickets in the ODI World Cup match. In these, Sri Lanka was bowled out for 50 and 55 runs.
Rohit-Virat return after 7 months
India’s ODI team is different from T20. 6 players of the squad have changed, including captain Rohit, Virat, Kuldeep along with wicketkeeper KL Rahul, Harshit Rana and Shreyas Iyer. Rohit and Virat will play ODIs after 7 months, both played their last ODI on 19 November 2023 in the form of ODI World Cup final against Australia.
India’s ODI playing-11 is decided, but in the absence of Jaspreet Bumrah and Mohammad Shami, new players can get a chance. Harshit Rana can make his debut. If a wicketkeeper has to be chosen between Pant and Rahul, then the team management can go with the experienced Rahul. Rahul’s performance has been excellent since the Asia Cup. Under his captaincy, India also defeated South Africa in the last series.
Sri Lanka will play without 4 fast bowlers
The Sri Lankan team is struggling with injuries to its fast bowlers. Mathish Pathirana, who was part of the T20 team, got injured in the third T20. Due to this, he had to be dropped from the ODI team. Before him, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka and Nuwan Thushara have also been dropped due to injury. In such a situation, Sri Lanka faces a big challenge to stop India’s full strength batting line-up.
Records
- Kohli has scored 2594 runs against Sri Lanka. He is the second highest run scorer against Sri Lanka. Sachin Tendulkar is ahead of him with 3113 runs.
- Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka has scored the most runs in ODIs since January 2023 with 1648 runs. India’s Shubman Gill is second with 1584 runs. He can come on top today.
- Kohli played 11 ODIs in Colombo and scored 644 runs at an average of 107.33. This includes 4 centuries and a fifty. Among the players who have played more than 10 ODIs in Colombo, Kohli is the only player to have an average of 100 plus.
Recent record of both the teams
India played its last ODI against South Africa in December 2023. Then under the captaincy of KL Rahul, India won the ODI series 2-1. Earlier, India won the ODI World Cup semi-final, but had to face defeat in the final.
Sri Lanka played its last ODI against Bangladesh in March this year. The team lost the ODI series 1-2. However, before this, the team had won the series 3-0 against Afghanistan by winning 3 ODIs in a row.
Toss and Roll of the Pitch
148 ODIs have been played in Colombo. Teams batting first were successful in 80 and chasing in 59. 9 matches were also inconclusive. Looking at this record, the team winning the toss would prefer to bat first.
However, since 2011, this record has been equal. Out of 54 ODIs, 26 were won by teams chasing and 25 by teams batting first. 3 ODIs were also inconclusive. All three ODIs of the series will be played in Colombo, considering the recent record and the long series, the team winning the toss today may choose to bowl first.
Weather Report
There is a 70% chance of rain in Colombo today. However, during the match, i.e. after 2 pm, the probability is said to be only 13%. If the management of the ground staff is correct, then a 50-50 over match can be completed easily.
Possible playing-11
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Riyan Parag/Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh/Khalil Ahmed and Mohammed Siraj.
Sri Lanka: Charith Asalanka (captain), Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Janith Liyanage/Kamindu Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage/Akila Dananjaya, Maheesh Theekshana and Asitha Fernando.